MAIDUGURI: Soldiers repel rampaging Boko Haram attack: An attack by rampaging Boko Haram insurgents who were said to have torched some houses and vandalized vehicles on Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu Road in Borno State

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri is in Addis Ababa to discuss Ethiopia's renaissance dam, to "avoid any crisis" and to stress that Egypt will NOT be a party to any agreement that does not preserve its water rights and interests to the Nile

Clashes in Koch County between the SPLA and IO-Riek have broken out less than 7 hours since the CoH came into effect. The fighting in ongoing. It started at about 0600 hours. Both sides accuse each other of instigating the fight. South Sudan

Toxic Legacy: Cleaning up Ethiopia's DDT time bomb. See how the UN Environment and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) conduct a clean-up of 500 tonnes of toxic DDT in an Ethiopian warehouse, located in Adami Tulu.